The Ferret

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 418-431

  Plant, Michael ^a   Lloyd, Maggie ^b  

^a Harlan   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aleutian disease, by parvovirus diagnosed in ferrets; Domestic ferret, belonging to family Mustelidae stoats, weasels, badgers and mink; Females in oestrus developing vulval swelling peaks 1 month after onset of oestrus, and easily identified; Ferret, obligate carnivore natural diet of small mammals; Ferrets, like wild polecats seasonal breeders; Ferrets, susceptible to botulism care taken in feeding raw meat; In healthy ferrets, anaesthesia not difficult or risky; Intravenous injections into cephalic, saphenous, jugular or tail veins; Minimum space recommendations for ferrets; Uses of ferret in research into viral diseases, influenza, gastrointestinal disorders, neuroscience and auditory physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862642094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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